Less than 30 years later, their son, who came here with no money, no
contacts, no friends, is a Member of the most powerful legislative body
in the world. That is the American Dream. And when I got elected last
year, in 2016, I became the first DREAMer in American history to get
elected to this body, and also the first former undocumented immigrant
to ever serve in this body. So when we are talking about the Dream Act, we are talking about real
lives. We are talking about 800,000 young Americans, 800,000 young
Americans who are going to our universities, our colleges, who are our
teachers, our doctors. Some of them are protecting our country, our
liberties, and our freedoms in the military. It is time for Congress to put their political games aside and start
putting the interests of these young Americans first. There are currently, right now, a few DREAMers out on the lawn who
are fasting because they want that opportunity at the American Dream,
that opportunity that was given to me and my family, that opportunity
that has been given to so many immigrant families for so many years
because, look, let's face it, at the end of the day, unless you are
Native American, we all come from somewhere else. We are all
descendants of immigrants or immigrants ourselves. And it is not right
for us to come here and then close the door behind us. That is not what
America stands for.
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Generalization that all non-Native Americans are immigrants or descendants of immigrants.
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